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Show yf 0 Through ttie Files ot aafZl'Z,'i tXZe&CV&tCt The Times-lnder-endent And the Grand Valley Time 13 YEARS AGO Voters at the municipal elcc;ion were to decide whether whe-ther they would allow tr,o disolvcmer.t of the two mosquito mos-quito abatement districts in the valley. A petition was io be circulated immediately cficr the dissolution to create cre-ate one large district in the valley. The first steps were taken toward the establishment of a ftlcab Booster club. The LaSals were one of several areas in the State with an extended 'season en deer hunting as announced by the Fish and Game Department. De-partment. - Southeastern Utah was becoming a beehive of activity act-ivity fc'lcving a report by Pure Oil company of substantial sub-stantial gas . Knowings in their Northwest Lisbon test. 2D YEARS AGO Grand county was presented present-ed with a valuable ambul-b.ce ambul-b.ce and funeral coach nv iR. D. Mitchell of the Mitchell Mitch-ell Funeral Home of Price. Argosy Productions of Hollywood started preliminary prelimin-ary arrangement tor fa,n-ir.g fa,n-ir.g a Utah pioneer picture, "Wagon Master'' in the vicinity vic-inity of Moab. An extension class to be given through the University Univer-sity cf Utah on "Evaluating and Reporting Student Progress'' Pro-gress'' was to be given at the Ugh school for all teachers teach-ers of Moab. Despite heavy snow and muddy roads in the LaSals many hunters were reporting report-ing a great deal cf success. The Scorup Somerville Cat' tie Company sold 853 head r: cows at T.eompson the cattle were then shipped to Kansas City. 43 YEARS AGO Moab and LaSal turkeys for the Thanksgiving seas. in were to be received in Moab early in November according accord-ing to the Utah Poultry Pn-djcers Pn-djcers Cooperative Association. Associa-tion. Shipment of a large quantity quan-tity of copper concentrates to the smeller by the Big Ind:?.n Ccrper Company was exprcied in a short time. Sinking Funds that were presumably ' put aside to meet bonded indebtedness w.ere being used to meet current cur-rent expenses in many tax-ir.g tax-ir.g units within the State. The annual football classic class-ic of eastern Utah was to be rr'.d on the Moab field when Mcab's gridiron team was to meet Price. Both of the teams were undefeated for" the year. Grand County High School held a costume party r..r Halloween and prizes were given for the best dressed boy and girl.. 63 YEARS AGO A ranger's examination, given by Superintendent Riis to a class of ten candidates for civil service, was sa:c' to have been the hardest lis', cf questions ever sent cut by flic Civil Service Commission Commis-sion for a ranger examina-ion. examina-ion. James Somerville vn. stricken with a severe case cf "la grippe" and was treated by some veterinarians veterinar-ians who bathed his neck and chest with, turpenti-v ard Gombault's caustic bal-saam bal-saam until these parts were abrut to bleed they then applied ap-plied a musard poultice. He recovered frcm the grippe but hnd yet to recover from the effects cf his treatment. He was boycotting the "hoss doctors". "Permanent" meat prices at the Moab Meat Market were about 15 con's per lb. for nmst cuts of beef. -1 cents to 15 cents for pork with fancy hams selling for 18 to 25 cents per pound. |